Global burden of hepatitis B and C, and HIV co-infection Philippa Easterbrook Global Hepatitis Programme, Department of HIV/AIDS Outline Why we need global and national estimates of prevalence and burden for viral hepatitis? What is current status of national surveillance programmes? What are consequences of poor data? What are we aiming for? How can we learn from surveillance and estimation approaches used in HIV, TB and malaria? What do we currently know or not know? (HCV, HBV and HIV co-infection prevalence and burden) Evolution of WHO and other estimates Data Limitations and Challenges How do we get to where we want to be? 2 Next steps for WHO and countries Why do we need global and national estimates of prevalence and burden of viral hepatitis? For use by country programme managers in strategic planning and allocation of resources To evaluate impact of prevention and control measures including vaccination and treatment scale-up Global advocacy for action to inform and empower advocates and policymakers to accelerate progress For global reporting To inform modelling and assessment of the current and future disease burden and impact of treatment 3 1
Estimates are also used to.. Analyse trends over time Estimate impact Estimated no of AIDS related deaths over time with/without ART in LMICs Measure population-level coverage % of eligible people and pregnant women receiving ART in LMICs Produce what-if scenarios Estimated number of new child HIV infections, different scenarios, 25 high burden countries 4 Current status of national hepatitis surveillance programmes Aim: To assess WHO Member States' response to hepatitis Response rate: 125 of 194 (64%)Member States Low levels of hepatitis surveillance in LMICs Different case definitions Number of Member States reporting national surveillance systems for chronic viral hepatitis 5 Consequences of weak surveillance systems.. Poor quality country-level data on burden of infection and disease outcomes Lack of data is a barrier to country-level dialogue and financial engagement Lack of reporting system to monitor implementation of treatment scale-up What are we aiming for? How can we learn from surveillance and estimation approaches used in HIV, TB and malaria? 6 2
Twelve key lessons from ART scale-up 9.7 million I. Global funding initiatives II. Reduction in drug costs through generic competition III. Simplified drug regimens IV. Innovative, simplified diagnostics V. Simplified models of service delivery and testing VI. Treatment guidelines VII. Guiding principles of Public health approach + health equity VIII. The leaky treatment cascade: Optimising adherence and retention IX. Models for programme planning X. Surveillance systems and monitoring tools XI. Key role of community and engagement of PLHIV XII. Research and trial networks in LMICs 7 Learning from approaches used to estimate disease burden in HIV, TB and malaria? Data: Disease burden, incidence, deaths (adults/children) Trends in scale-up of interventions Annual reports and impact on disease burden HIV: no eligible/receiving ART/PMTCT HIV: 13 th since 2002 TB: no HIV tested, given IPT TB: 18 th since 1997 Malaria: access to LLINs, RDTs, ACTs Malaria: 5 th since 2008 Progress towards global targets Based on data from 197 countries or 59 countries Drug (and insecticide) resistance (malaria) 8 International/domestic financing We have come a long way. 18 WHO global TB control reports (1997 2013) 1997: Epidemiology and surveillance 9 2002: Add finance, strategy (22 HBCs only) 2003: Financing, strategy (all countries) 2009: Collect data online, publish same year 3
History and process of developing HIV estimates Late 1990s regional and global estimates of people living with HIV calculated in Geneva Since 2003 estimates developed through country-led process 10 Country-led process: UNAIDS and partners support workshops every 2 years attended by country teams to train on software Country teams use country data to produce national estimates Consensus on inputs by national programme managers and on results by stakeholders HIV Estimates Workshop Schedule: March-May 2013 Sub-Saharan Africa 13-15 & 18-20 March (Johannesburg, South Africa) 10-12 & 15-17 May (Dakar, Senegal) [French] Asia 22-26 April & 29 April-3 May (Bangkok, Thailand) Middle East and North Africa 13-15 May (Egypt) Eastern Europe & Central Asia 20-23 May (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) [Russian] South & Central America 15-17 & 22-24 May (Panama City, Panama) [Spanish] Caribbean 21-23 May (Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago) Process of deriving HIV estimates at workshops To access 11 data: http://www.unaids.org/en/dataanalysis/datatools/aidsinfo/ or www.aidsinfoonline.org Models and estimates have improved over time Improved surveillance by countries Increasing no. of nationally-representative household surveys (Calibrates HIV prevalence from antenatal clinics) Improved assumptions based on evolving research Improved curve fitting models From 4 parameter model to model that allows variation in force of infection over time Changes made based on recommendations of UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates, Modelling and Projections Methods published in peer-reviewed journals Incorporated into software on a regular basis 12 4
What do we know now (and not know)? (HBV, HCV and co-infection prevalence and burden) - Evolution of WHO and other estimates - Data Limitations and other challenges 13 WHO sponsored systematic reviews and hepatitis prevalence and burden estimates HBsAg HCV Ab Limitation Did not capture heterogeneity across and within countries, and sub-populations Age- sex and region-specific prevalence Age standardised prevalence HCV Ab Global prevalence of hepatitis C infection, 2005 1990 and 2005, 21 GBD regions 1990 adults (19-49 and 2005, years), 21 by GBD GBD region regions 396 studies 232 studies (3.7%) 240 million HBsAg pos in 2005 (2.8%; UI 2.6-3.1) > 185 million HCV Ab Significant decrease in prevalence in 2005 temporally related to HBV immunization Significant increase in prevalence from 14 2.3% to 2.8% Seroprevalence of HCV and estimated numbers of persons infected Source: Hannafiah et al. Hepatology 2013 15 High prevalence does not always equate to high burden 5
Prevalence of HCV among PWID in 77 countries (82% of global PWID pop) HCV Ab pos: 67% n=10 million (UI 6.0-15.2 ) HBsAg pos: 8.4% n=1.2 million (UI 346,500-2.7) HCV prevalence in PWID >50% in most countries; between 60-80% in 25 countries and >80% in 12 countries Nelson et al. Global epidemiology of hepatitis B and hepatitis C in people who inject drugs: results of systematic reviews. Lancet, 378 (9791), 2011. 16 Other WHO hepatitis related estimates Blood safety Hepatitis C virus prevalence/reactivity in blood donations as reported in the WHO Global Database on Blood Safety 2008 Injection safety nt J STD AIDS. 2004 Jan;15(1):7-16. The global burden of disease attributable to contaminated injections given in health care settings. Injecting drug use, UNODC Report 2014 Immunization Number of countries having introduced HepB vaccine* and global infant HepB3 coverage, 1989-2012 Nos of PWID; Prevalence of HIV, HBsAg and HCV in PWID by country and region 17 Country-specific modelling of HCV epidemic and impact of treatment in 16 countries Aim to develop consensus estimates on size of HCV population based on: Systematic review of best available published and unpublished data Face to face meetings with input from expert panel. Focus on high income countries (exception of Egypt, Brazil and Turkey) convenience sample If no country data available use of data from countries with similar health care practice and risk factors Used modeling to estimate the number of infections in 2013 and disease burden in the future. 18 6
No. of deaths (millions) Number of deaths/year 31/07/2014 Global Burden of Disease, 2010 Deaths Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer Deaths due to cirrhosis + HCC HBV: 653,000 HCV: 483,000 19 1.4 million people died in 2010 of viral Different patterns of mortality in hepatitis 1,200,000 different regions NOTE: Current deaths 1.6 1,000,000 reflect past 1.4 infection 1.2 Future burden 800,000 is due to current 1 infection 0.8 600,000 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 Estimated annual deaths from selected causes globally and by region, 400,000 200,000 20 Source: Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Lozano et al, Lancet 2012 0 Asia Americas Europe Africa & Pacific ME Viral hepatitis HIV TB Malaria The biggest problem - its the data Big gaps Limited scope: Few studies from developing/transitional countries Selective in geographic coverage: Regional data often based on one country eg. India or Thailand in S/SE Asian region; Nigeria and S. Africa in SSA. Only one city/region of country Limited data on co-infection Unrepresentative samples Samples poorly representative of gen population, or representative of only one part of population (eg. pregnant women, blood donors) Undersampling of high prevalence groups eg. homeless, prisoners that have higher HCV prevalence. Use of inaccurate diagnostic tests: 1 st and 2 nd generation 21 HCV antibody assays with false positives 7
Burden of HIV, HBV and HCV infection and co-infection HBV 240m? HIV 33m? HCV 185 22 Variability in estimates of HIV- HCV coinfection cited in literature Global Systematic review of prevalence of HIV/HBsAg and HIV/HCV Ab co-infection Based on prevalence studies in: HIV+ persons stratified by risk group (where available) OR Gen pop surveys reporting HIV/HCV or HBV co-infection Key features Databases searched: Medline/Embase, Cinahl, Global Health, Popline, Web of Science, Cochrane, AWI, IMSEAR, WPRIM, IMEMR, LILACS. Non-English language Unpublished country serosurveys identified via WHO regional offices Survey conducted 2002 2013 Sample size > 50 HIV + cases Excluded studies if populn 23 recruited on basis of HCV Ab Records identified (n=25,236) Records after duplicates removed (n=10,874) Full text articles assessed for eligibility (n=3441) Studies included in quantitative synthesis (n=883) Number of HIV/HCV estimates (n=833) Number of HIV/HBsAg estimates (n=483) Records screened and excluded (n=7433) Full Full text text articles articles excluded, excluded with with reasons (n=2558) reasons (n=2558) Availability of country data by WHO regions EURO region HCV: 32/55 (58%) HBsAg: 21/55 (38%) HCV (833 estimates from 86/193 (45%) countries HBV (483 estimates from 75/193 (39%) countries PAHO region HCV 13/38 (34%) HBsAg:12/38 (32%) EMRO region HCV: 6/22 (27%) HBsAg: 6/22 (27%) AFRO region HIV: 23/43 (53%) HCV: 22/43 (51%) SEARO region HCV: 8/17 (47%) HBsAg: 10/17 (59%) WPRO region HCV: 4/20 (20%) HBsAg: 4/20 (20%) 24 8
Number 100 200 300 0 Number 50 0 31/07/2014 Available data (no. studies) by population 25 Population Gen popn: household, blood donors, pregnant women HCV n HBV n 29 29 PWID: >75% PWID + PLHIV 120 25 MSM: +PLHIV 78 32 PLHIV-Hetero: 67 70 Mixed 185 158 Other: prisoners, STI, homeless etc 175 160 Children 9 8 Study Quality rating Study design A Multi-site study with large sample (>1500 HIV cases) - study design appropriate for measuring prevalence - age, sex and HIV risk categories reported B >1 site study with l>200 HIV cases - study design not specifically designed to measure prevalence - some HIV risk categories reported C Single site study with <200 HIV cases - study design not designed to measure prevalence - few HIV risk categories reported Summary of study design and assay quality scores HIV/HCV 100 150 Assay quality 0 Assay type not specified 1 1 st generation HCVAb or HBsAg rapid test: No confirmatory test 2 2 nd /3rd generation HCVAb or HBsAg rapid test: No confirmatory test 3 2 nd /3rd generation HCVAb or HBsAg rapid test: + Confirmatory test HIV/HBsAg 26 A0 B0 C0 B1 C1 A2 B2 C2 B3 C3 A0 B0 C0 B1 C1 A2 B2 C2 B3 C3 Summary of HCV-HIV prevalence 314 estimates 5 populations and 11 regions Mid-point co-infection prevalence (Interquartile range) Number of studies Gen pop PWID MSM Hetero Pregnant East Africa 1.3% (0-4.9) 5 71 % (42-99) 2 20%(1-38) 2 4% (3-9) 10 0.6% (0.1-5) 3 Cental and West 5 % (2-12) 9 Africa 8% 1 8% (4-12.4) 19 10.1 (5-16) 4 South Africa 2% 1 0.5% (0-1) 3 Latin America 7% (0.8-16.1) 3 82% (52-88) 4 4% (0-16) 6 11% (8-15) 2 10% (5-18) 4 North America 84 (41-89) 25 13 (8-15) 16 12 (9-25) 9 4% 1 South East Asia 5% (3-29) 7 90 (86-97) 18 6% (5-8) 5 5% (1.5-7) 5 Eastern Europe and Central Asia 82% (68-95) 8 Europe 6% (0.3-30) 3 82% (53-91) 41 8% (4-17) 40 11% (4-23) 11 3% 1 East Med 1% 1 81% (74-89) 7 East Asia 96% (80-98) 15 4% (2-9) 3 51% (6-89) 7 Western Pacific 9% (7-10) 4 27 9
Summary of HBsAg-HIV from 170 estimates in 5 populations and 11 regions Gen pop PWID MSM Hetero Pregnant Mid-point co-infection prevalence (Interquartile range) Number of studies East Africa 8% ( 6-11) 10 9% 1 6.5%(5-10) 10 4% (2-5) 2 West, Central Africa 11% (6-15) 11 22% 1 12% (8-20.5) 32 9% (0-13) 3 South Africa 6.5% 1 7% (5-20) 7 5% (3-6) 2 Latin America 1% (0.6-2) 3 27% 1 9% (6-11) 5 3% (2-7) 4 0.5% (0.5-1.8) 3 North America 7% 1 5% (5-6) 2 17% 1 South East Asia 2% (1-2) 2 18% (10-20) 10 15% (10-19) 6 9% (0-15) 10 Eastern Europe and CAR Europe 4% (3-7) 3 5% (4-6) 9 7% (2-11) 2 East Med 10% 1 8% (4-44) 6 East Asia 9.5% (2.5-37) 4 12% (10-13.5) 4 5% (4-6%) 4 28 Western Pacific 4% (3-5) 6 How do we get to where we want to be? - Next steps for WHO and countries 29 New World Health Assembly Hepatitis Resolution (May 2014) WHO mandated to: Provide technical support to Member States to: Develop national viral hepatitis strategies and plans Improve surveillance systems Develop systems to: Set global targets and indicators Monitor and report global progress Estimate burden of disease and associated impact Develop guidance to: Prevent, diagnose, care for and treat hepatitis Integrate hepatitis into existing health programs 30 10
What is WHO response? Global Hepatitis Framework Axis 1: Awareness raising: Partnerships, resource mobilization and communication Axis 2: Evidence-Based Policy and Data for action Axis 3: Prevention of virus transmission Axis 4: Screening, care and treatment 31 Axis 2: WHO priorities and activities Publish global prevalence and burden estimates for viral hepatitis Develop guidelines for hepatitis surveillance in low- and middle-income countries and conduct regional adaptation workshops Infected Deaths per year HCV 170-185 million (130-150m active) (483,000) 500,000 HBsAg 240 million (653,000) 700,000 Conduct country hepatitis burden-ofdisease and national planning workshops Develop a monitoring and reporting framework for assessing country and global hepatitis response; Predictive model 32 Establish modelling reference group Challenges and next steps for countries Priority is to improve coverage and quality of primary data collection for prevalence and disease outcomes:- vital registration systems Representative, population-based and risk group seroprevalence surveys Potential to piggy-back onto DHS Use of accurate diagnostic tests Transparency of estimates and models; publicly available Evidence gaps: Acute HBV and HCV; No. of persons in need HCV/HBV treatment; MTCT; Drug resistance; Advanced liver disease Data in children and adolescents 33 11
Acknowledgements Systematic Review Team Lucy Platt, Bethan Mcdonald, Irini Yanni (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) Erin Gower, Homie Razavi (Centers for Disease Analysis, USA) Peter Vickerman (University of Bristol) Keith Sabin, Peter Ghys (UNAIDS) Other Contributors Daniel Lavanchy, Switzerland Serge Eholie (ANEPA/Treichville Hospital, Abidjan, Côte d Ivoire) Gilles Wandeler (University of Berne) Karine Lacombe (INSERM, Paris) Maud Lemoine (Imperial College) WHO Surabhi Kumble Yannis Mameletzis Hande Harmanci Stefan Wiktor Txema Calleja Gretchen Stevens 34 World Hepatitis Day 28 th July 2014 35 #thinkhepatitis WHO World Hepatitis Day 2014 page live in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian 18 July: WHD14 promotional banner across WHO website 23 July: WHO HQ participating in Geneva and Melbourne news conferences 25 July: WHO webpages updated with WHD14 stories, features and reports 28 July: WHD14 global social media outreach on twitter, facebook 12